I agree with all this.

But I will argue "Hold On Were Going Home" is by far his best straight singing song he's ever done.

The stretch of "Connect" "The Language" and "305 to My City" really hurts the album over all. It opens and closes very strong.

I think "Too Much" "From Time" and "Furthest Thing" are his personal songs on the album, but I agree I would've liked 1-2 more songs like that on this album, as they tend to be my favorite songs he does.

It's still too early to rate this album, but I think it's slightly better than Thank Me Later, but below Take Care and possibly So Far Gone.